Module Descriptors
SOCIETY & CONTEXT 1 - WORKING WITH SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES (REVISED 06.06)
PSYC70450
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 7
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 0
Independent Study Hours: 150
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Entry requirements for the DClinPsy programme
Module Resources
Computer with Internet access
Programme textbooks and learning materials as suggested
Programme textbooks and learning materials as suggested
Module Learning Strategies
7 days of lectures / seminars supported by supervised clinical practice and independent study.
Module Indicative Content
This module will enable trainees to understand how clinical psychology has developed within the NHS. It will highlight current ideas in community and critical psychology - particularly issues around power, poverty and social inequality.
The service user movement has demonstrated how the way services are structured and provided can stigmatise and alienate people. This module will critically evaluate different ways of working within services. It will review how systemic, collaborative and partnership working can influence individuals throughout services and across the lifespan.
The service user movement has demonstrated how the way services are structured and provided can stigmatise and alienate people. This module will critically evaluate different ways of working within services. It will review how systemic, collaborative and partnership working can influence individuals throughout services and across the lifespan.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Students will be required to complete 1 piece of summative assessment.
Small Scale Project - (3000w): 100%
Service Evaluation carried out within a service during year 1 placement.
Addresses outcomes 1 - 4
Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via structured written feedback identifying strengths, weaknesses and guidance for improvement.
Small Scale Project - (3000w): 100%
Service Evaluation carried out within a service during year 1 placement.
Addresses outcomes 1 - 4
Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via structured written feedback identifying strengths, weaknesses and guidance for improvement.
Module Texts
Mittler and Sinason (1996): Challenging Policy and Practice for People with Learning Disabilities. Cassell: London
Pilgrim, D. and Treacher, A. (1992) Clinical Psychology Observed. London: Routledge
Newnes, C., Holmes, G. and Dunn, C. (1999) This is Madness: A critical look at psychiatry and the future of mental health services. Ross on Wye: PCCS Books
Orford, J. (1992) Community Psychology: Theory and practice. London: Wiley
Parker, I. (1999). Deconstructing Psychotherapy. London: Sage
Pilgrim, D. and Treacher, A. (1992) Clinical Psychology Observed. London: Routledge
Newnes, C., Holmes, G. and Dunn, C. (1999) This is Madness: A critical look at psychiatry and the future of mental health services. Ross on Wye: PCCS Books
Orford, J. (1992) Community Psychology: Theory and practice. London: Wiley
Parker, I. (1999). Deconstructing Psychotherapy. London: Sage